Fujifilm XE-1, turned to compete with Nex?

When X100 and Xpro-1 showed up, it looked like a low tag alternative to M9. But soon I found it's OVF serious fell behind it EVF. This makes its OVF almost useless,,, not totally useless, but enough to ignore existance.

I think XE-1 is a clever move. The removal of the OVF makes a lot of sense. But this also puts it in the category of Nex. ..., but it is a high tag alternative to Nex.